Payroll Specialist (NAMER)

Overview

The organization is seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join the global payroll team and support accurate and timely payroll delivery in Canada.

This is a hands-on operational role focused on payroll processing, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution. You will work closely with internal teams and payroll partners to review payroll results, investigate discrepancies, and ensure accurate outputs for clients and employees.

You do not need to be an expert in every country supported. The role requires strong payroll fundamentals, experience managing payroll for at least one country, and the ability to quickly understand new payroll requirements and processes.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end payroll processing and validation for multiple countries.
• Collect, review, and validate payroll inputs and outputs.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and identify discrepancies between expected and final results.
• Investigate payroll differences and work with internal teams and/or payroll partners to understand and resolve issues.
• Support payroll changes including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, and leave.
• Review payroll calculations and supporting information for accuracy.
• Communicate with internal payroll teams and external partners to resolve payroll questions.
• Maintain accurate payroll records, documentation, and trackers.
• Work with payroll technology and automated validation tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Learn and support additional countries as global payroll operations evolve.

Requirements

• Previous hands-on payroll experience, ideally including in-house payroll processing.
• Experience managing payroll for at least one country independently.
• Strong understanding of payroll inputs, calculations, validations, reconciliations, and outputs.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and understand why payroll results have changed.
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with payroll data and numbers.
• Comfortable using payroll systems, Excel/Google Sheets, and automated tools.
• Strong English communication skills and ability to work effectively with internal teams and payroll partners.
• Comfortable learning new systems and adapting to evolving payroll processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Payroll experience in the US.
• Experience managing payroll across multiple countries.
• Experience with payroll platforms or systems such as ADP or similar tools.
• Experience using automated payroll validation, reconciliation, or AI-enabled tools.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Asynchronous working environment
• Remote-first environment (or hybrid, depending on the nature of the job)
• Ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
• Growth opportunities within the organization
• Necessary hardware provided to new joiners to succeed from day one

Location

• Canada (role supports payroll delivery in Canada)
• Remote-first (or hybrid depending on the nature of the job)